Cherry CreekCO
A town in Colorado, home to 10,721 people.
Is Cherry Creek a good place to live?
Much to like here, and you pay for it. Its best grade is for health (A+). With an A overall, Cherry Creek is better than 89% of U.S. towns and ranks 15th of 158 in Colorado. It is strong on incomes as well: the median household earns $154K. What counts against it is cost of living: the typical home is worth about $848K, 8 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income. 76% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more locally, above both the Colorado town median (44%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). This Colorado town is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns.
Figures: health, CDC PLACES · incomes, Census ACS, 2020–24 · home values, Zillow.
What makes Cherry Creek stand out
Where Cherry Creek beats most towns.
| Widest gap | Cherry Creek | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 9.2% |
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek Charter Academy | K–8 | 594 |
| Cottonwood Creek Elementary School | PK–5 | 533 |
| High Plains Elementary School | PK–5 | 462 |
99% of working residents leave Cherry Creek for work
Where Cherry Creek’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
How Cherry Creek grades
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Colorado), ordered by how far Cherry Creek is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Red Rocks Amphitheatre and 57 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Cherry Creek. Close and well known come first.
Big draw19 mi TheatreRed Rocks Amphitheatre
Big draw12 mi Stadium & arenaEmpower Field at Mile High
12 mi Stadium & arenaBall Arena
12 mi Stadium & arenaCoors Field
11 mi LandmarkColumbine Memorial
14 mi Stadium & arenaDick's Sporting Goods ParkPhoto credits
Red Rocks Amphitheatre: Unknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Empower Field at Mile High: Thelastcanadian, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Ball Arena: KM Newnham, CC BY-SA 2.5 · Coors Field: Matt Kozlowski, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Columbine Memorial: Denverjeffrey, CC BY 3.0 · Dick's Sporting Goods Park: Tom Pratt, CC BY 2.0
Moving to Cherry Creek: who provides what
Cherry Creek is unincorporated, so Arapahoe County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Cherry Creek.
Cherry Creek is among the three healthiest towns in Colorado and sends most of its workers to Denver and beyond, but it has homes that cost more against local pay than most of Colorado.
A smaller share of adults report frequent mental distress in Cherry Creek than in most of Colorado or the rest of the country
It ranks #2 of the 159 Colorado towns we grade on the CDC estimates behind the Health Grade. Its widest gap with Colorado is tooth loss: 4.5% of those 65+ have lost all their teeth, against 9.2% statewide.
22% of Cherry Creek adults have obesity. CDC measures, 26 in all: Cherry Creek beats Colorado on 15 and trails on 1. Only 4 of the 159 Colorado towns we compare have a lower share of adults who smoke cigarettes than Cherry Creek.
| Cherry Creek | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 26% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 16% | 17% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.1% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.9% | 11% | 14% |
| What stands out | Cherry Creek | CO |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.5% | 9.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.1% | 11.1% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 8.6% | 7.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Cherry Creek’s schools rank ahead of 83% of Colorado districts
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $848K.
Two of the 3 schools are below, and why each made the list. Its public schools are run by the Cherry Creek School District No. 5.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek Charter AcademyLargest public elementary schoolGrades K–8 | Grades K–8 | 594 | A |
| Cottonwood Creek Elementary SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 533 | A+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CO on state tests and graduation
For cost of living, Cherry Creek earns a D
At 8 years of the Denver metro’s $106K median household income, the typical home (about $848K) costs more against local pay than in 80% of Colorado towns; that ratio is one input to that grade. The median property tax bill is $4,699, against $2,602 across Colorado, another input to its cost-of-living grade.
Zillow values the typical Cherry Creek home at about $848,000, about the same as a year ago, 60% above the Colorado typical home. The going rate for rent in the town is $2,093 a month. A home in Cherry Creek typically sold within 19 days of listing.
| Cherry Creek | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,093 a month | $1,807 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 80% | 71% | 73% |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Most working residents commute out of Cherry Creek
Cherry Creek has 806 jobs for its 5,541 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out. 33.2% of workers work from home, against 21% across Colorado.
Most people who work leave Cherry Creek to do it: just 1% work in town. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in the town rose by 95, to 806. Among workers here, 33% work remotely from home. The top destinations are Denver (29%), Greenwood Village (12%) and Aurora (10%).
| Cherry Creek | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 33% | 18% | 11% |
| Median household income | $154,000 | $95,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 1.3% | 7.8% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 5% | 8.5% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The climate in Cherry Creek brings snowy winters and hot summers
The range runs from 19° on a January night to 88° on a July afternoon, with about 64 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
4.6% of the land in Cherry Creek is protected from building
Walkers can cover 1.2 miles of trail in 7 parks and preserves. Cherry Creek’s density of trails stands at 0.7 miles per square mile. Parks and preserves here: 7, covering 26 acres.
| Cherry Creek | Colorado towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 4.6% | 7% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Peakview Park | 0.3 mi | 7 |
| 2. Cherry Creek State Park | — | 5 |
| 3. Lakewiew Park | — | 4 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Cherry Creek faces a moderate natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA puts 46% of Cherry Creek’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 34% to hail. Its FEMA risk score comes in at 58 of 100. Paid flood insurance claims here since 2023: one.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Everything we know about Cherry Creek
Colleges nearby
16 within 15 miles of the center of Cherry Creek
About 5 of every 100 Cherry Creek residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Colorado.
About Cherry Creek
Census-designated place in Arapahoe County, CO, USA
Cherry Creek is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place (CDP) located in Arapahoe County, Colorado, United States. The CDP is a part of the Denver–Aurora–Centennial, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population of the Cherry Creek CDP was 11,488 at the United States Census 2020. The ZIP code 80111 serves the area.
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- Area
- 1.7 sq mi
Cherry Creek’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Cherry Creek.
| Town | CO rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cherry Creek | #15 | A | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Greenwood Village | #77 | B | D | D− | A | A+ |
| Centennial | #36 | A− | C− | C+ | A | A+ |
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Questions about Cherry Creek
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Cherry Creek, CO a good place to live?
For most people who can afford it, yes. Cherry Creek grades A overall, better than 89% of U.S. towns and #15 of 158 in Colorado. It grades A+ for health and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Is Cherry Creek, CO expensive?
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.